After giving birth to her first child, a happily-married woman sees her picture-perfect life spiral out of control.After giving birth to her first child, a happily-married woman sees her picture-perfect life spiral out of control.After giving birth to her first child, a happily-married woman sees her picture-perfect life spiral out of control.
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- 4 wins & 4 nominations
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- TriviaThe neighborhood featured in the opening shot, and thus where Lea and Harry live, is the "Overgooi" in Almere.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Eén tegen 100: Episode #10.1 (2010)
- SoundtracksFor Bitter Or Worse
Written by Anouk Teeuwe, Martin Gjerstad, Aben Eubanks, Tore Johansson
Performed by Anouk Teeuwe
Courtesy of EMI
Featured review
For all those people who have read the description of this movie, discard everything you've read. I got the DVD in as a gift from my employer and wasn't too thrilled about it, but still took time to see it. The characters are very likable, at least most of them. Carice van Houten did an excellent performance as 'Lea' the main character. She had a very hard time giving birth, she was exhausted both mentally and physically which lead to a state of depression and somewhat hatred towards her 3 day old son. The story starts out happy and shows the life of a young carefree couple, both with successful careers. This scenario changes quickly after the birth of 'Junior'. A compelling series of events follows, 'Harry' Lea's husband can't trust Lea around her son anymore and consists that she gets treated in a mental institution. Her problems have a deeper background, the hunt for her problems have begun. ~ Overall was it a nice movie to watch, mainly because of the good performances and the urge to find out what causes Lea's problems. Between all the drama, Lea was able to show humor and progression, this element of the movie kept you watching it with content, the 2 hours flew by quicker than i thought. Story: 7/10 Performance: 9/10 Humor: 8.5/10 Technical: 8/10
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- Also known as
- The Happy Housewife
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- Linnaeushof, Amsterdam, Netherlands(Church near father Leo)
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- Budget
- €1,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $4,800,327
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
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